Green Day - Insomniac (1995) [1st Japan press]

Insomniac is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. Though it peaked at number two in the U.S. and went double-platinum (according to the RIAA) by 1996, Insomniac did not have the sales endurance of its predecessor, Dookie, largely due to its slightly darker lyrical tone and heavier, more abrasive sound. The album is the band's third-best selling album behind Dookie and American Idiot with sales at over 8 million worldwide.

The album was originally going to be titled Tight Wad Hill, after the thirteenth track on the album, but was renamed to Insomniac when Armstrong asked artist Winston Smith, who did the artwork for the album, how the cover art was done in such a short amount of time.

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Dookie gave Green Day success, but it was never really clear whether they wanted it in the first place. However, given the incessantly catchy songwriting of Billie Joe, the success made sense. Green Day were traditionalists without realizing it, learning all of their tricks through secondhand records and second-generation California punk bands. They didn't change their sound in the slightest after signing to a major label, which meant that they couldn't revert back to a harsher, earlier sound as a way to shed their audience for Dookie's follow-up, Insomniac. Instead, they kept their blueprint and made it a shade darker. Throughout Insomniac, there are vague references to the band's startling multi-platinum breakthrough, but the album is hardly a stark confessional on the level of Nirvana's In Utero. It's a collection of speedy, catchy songs in the spirit of the Buzzcocks, the Jam, the Clash, and the Undertones, but played with more minor chords and less melody and recorded with a bigger, hard rock-oriented production. While nothing on the album is as immediate as "Basket Case" or "Longview", the band has gained a powerful sonic punch, which goes straight for the gut but sacrifices the raw edge they so desperately want to keep and makes the record slightly tame. Billie Joe hasn't lost much of his talent for simple, tuneful hooks, but after a series of songs that all sound pretty much the same, it becomes clear that he needs to push himself a little bit more if Green Day ever want to be something more than a good punk-pop band. As it is, they remain a good punk-pop band, and Insomniac is a good punk-pop record, but nothing more.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Armatage Shanks
02. Brat
03. Stuck With Me
04. Geek Stink Breath
05. No Pride
06. Bab's Uvula Who
07. 86
08. Panic Song
09. Stuart And The Ave.
10. Brain Stew
11. Jaded
12. Westbound Sign
13. Tight Wad Hill
14. Walking Contradiction
15. I Want To Be On TV [Bonus track]

all lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong, except "8" by Armstong & Mike Dirnt.
all music composed by Green Day, except "15" lyrics and music by Fang


Produced by Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Engineered by Kevin Army. Mixed by Jerry Finn.

• Billie Joe Armstrong — vocals, guitar
• Mike Dirnt — bass, backing vocals
• Tré Cool — drums, percussion

Original Release Date: October 10, 1995
Released in Japan: October 25, 1995
Label: WEA Japan
Catalog No.: WPCR-450

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